List of British Columbia premiers

This is a list of the premiers of British Columbia, Canada, since it joined Confederation in 1871.

Note that party politics were not introduced until 1903.

Premier	From	To	Party
John Foster McCreight	1871-11-13	1872-12-23	Non-party
Amor De Cosmos	1872-12-23	1874-02-11	Non-party
George Anthony Walkem	1874-02-11	1876-02-01	Non-party
Andrew Charles Elliott	1876-02-01	1878-06-25	Non-party
George Anthony Walkem (second time)	1878-06-25	1882-06-13	Non-party
Robert Beaven	1882-06-13	1883-01-29	Non-party
William Smithe	1883-01-29	1887-05-01	Non-party
Alexander Edmund Batson Davie	1887-05-01	1889-08-01	Non-party
John Robson	1889-08-02	1892-06-29	Non-party
Theodore Davie	1892-07-02	1895-03-04	Non-party
John Herbert Turner	1895-03-04	1898-08-15	Non-party
Charles Augustus Semlin	1898-08-15	1900-02-28	Non-party
Joseph Martin	1900-02-28	1900-06-15	Non-party
James Dunsmuir	1900-06-15	1902-11-21	Non-party
Edward Gawler Prior	1902-11-21	1903-06-01	Non-party
Richard McBride	1903-06-01	1915-12-15	Conservative
William John Bowser	1915-12-15	1916-11-23	Conservative
Harlan Carey Brewster	1916-11-23	1918-03-01	Liberal
John Oliver	1918-03-06	1927-08-17	Liberal
John Duncan MacLean	1927-08-20	1928-08-21	Liberal
Simon Fraser Tolmie	1928-08-21	1933-11-15	Conservative
Thomas Dufferin Pattullo	1933-11-15	1941-12-09	Liberal
John Hart	1941-12-09	1947-12-29	Liberal-Conservative coalition
Byron Ingemar Johnson	1947-12-29	1952-08-01	Liberal-Conservative coalition
William Andrew Cecil Bennett	1952-08-01	1972-09-15	Social Credit
David Barrett	1972-09-15	1975-12-22	NDP
William Richards Bennett	1975-12-22	1986-08-06	Social Credit
William N. T. M. Vander Zalm	1986-08-06	1991-04-02	Social Credit
Rita Johnston	1991-04-02	1991-11-05	Social Credit
Michael Harcourt	1991-11-05	1996-02-22	NDP
Glen David Clark	1996-02-22	1999-08-25	NDP
Arthur Daniel Miller	1999-08-25	2000-02-24	NDP
Ujjal Dosanjh	2000-02-24	2001-06-05	NDP
Gordon Campbell	2001-06-05	Present	Liberal

For more lists of this type, see Lists of incumbents.

Categories: Lists of Canadian first ministers | British Columbia premiers | Lists of office-holders

Last updated: 10-13-2005 13:32:01

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